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Bab 59: ON THE BALCONY

EMMY stared blankly at the full moon shining brightly on the dark night sky. She was standing on the balcony of her room. She didn't want to think about anything. If she could, she wanted to be just an emotionless puppet right now. That way, she wouldn't feel this much pain. 

This excruciating pain that was slowly eroding her whole being. Consuming her heart bit by bit. She had a feeling that by the end of this night, she wouldn't be the same anymore. Maybe nothing would even remain. And she would be just a shell of her former self.

She clenched her fists tightly. She could feel her nails digging deep into her palms. But she didn't care. The pain it brought was the least bit comparable to the overwhelming pain she was currently feeling.

No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't understand how her father could do this to her. Even if he didn't love her as a daughter, she was still someone who was born from his genes. At the very least they were connected by this so-called 'family bond'. But it seemed like her father didn't care at all about that.

Just why did it reach this point? Was she not useful enough? Had he long been dissatisfied with her and this was his way of getting rid of her? If that was the case, then he could just disown her. Or maybe he wanted to squeeze the last bit of usefulness she had. And that chance arrived when Cecil Lancaster showed an interest in her.

Her father probably had long wanted to put Cecil on trial. But because of the Lancaster family, he couldn't do anything against him. At least, without any substantial evidence to back him up. If his daughter was married to Cecil and was abused and mistreated in the process, it would be enough to file a case against the other. Maybe she would even be ordered to find strong evidence that could bring Cecil Lancaster into ruin.

But why was her father so set on targeting Cecil? Yes, the other was a trash human being. But Anthony Grimaldi had never cared about any crimes committed by other nobles. As long as they didn't do anything that could affect his territory and his people, then he would just turn a blind eye to the things they're doing. 

Could it be that Cecil raped and killed someone in one of the planets under their jurisdiction? That's the most likely reason she could think of. But even so, was Emmy really so unimportant in his eyes that he didn't even blink when he decided to send her to that human trash?

Once again, she couldn't help but laugh bitterly. 

She had thought of just simply running away. But she knew how futile that could be. Because at the end, she would just be returned here by their family's guards. It would be just a wasted effort.

There's really only one thing that could get her out of this situation. The only thing that could quickly end her pain. She just had to kill herself.

But then again, she was not even sure if she would succeed.

If she tried self-harm, she had to make sure that she wouldn't be found quickly and thus be rescued. In this day and age, as long as an injured person was quickly put into a medical cabin, their injury would be more or less cured. The only way to successfully commit suicide was if she drank a strong enough poison or a gene breaking agent that could destroy her from the inside.

But where could she possibly find those banned things? No, the real question was could she find it without her father noticing? The answer was already pretty obvious.

Even if she managed to find those things, could she really kill herself? Could she let Casey experienced the pain of losing his only sister? Leaving him all alone in this cold and unfeeling house.

At least, if she went through with her father's plan, there's a chance that he might still come out of this alive. Albeit emotionally and psychologically scarred. Unless, of course, her father already planned on thoroughly sacrificing her.

She looked up at the moon, despair filling her sapphire blue eyes. She could not foresee any good ending. What waited for her at the end of it all was only misery.

She closed her eyes tightly. She didn't want to cry again. But tears were already welling inside her eyes. A mocking smile appeared on her lips. Truly, how weak.

"You're about to cry again," said by a familiar voice. The voice from the man who had been invading her thoughts for the past two weeks.

No, but how could he be here? Was it just her imagination?

She abruptly opened her eyes. Then to her shock, she saw a tall and burly man softly landing on her balcony. He had shaggy brown hair and a pair of teal-gray eyes. He was staring straight at her as if she was the only one who could enter his gaze. 

Gage Thompson reached out to her cheek and wiped a stray drop of tear. "I told you, I don't like seeing you cry."


PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA
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Mini-theater:

Emmy staring at Gage, dumbfounded: You- how can you be here?

Gage proudly said: I'm trespassing because I wanted to see you. (*suddenly pulls Emmy by the waist*) Now, my lady, shall I kidnap you?

Emmy: (⊙_⊙) --> („ಡωಡ„)

Bab 60: ANOTHER CHOICE

EMMY hadn't recovered yet from her initial shock when she suddenly felt a rough palm touching her cheek. It was full of calluses, a sign that the owner of the palm was used to rough work. But it was warm. So warm that it almost melted her slowly freezing heart. 

When she heard him speak, she finally woke up from her momentary gaffe. "You- how- why- what are you doing here?" Then she suddenly thought of the guards that were constantly patrolling outside the mansion. If one of them saw Gage, it would truly be a disaster. "Come inside first."

She pulled him inside her room. Then she closed the balcony door and pulled the curtain over it. When she turned to Gage, she saw the other looking amusedly at her. As if he found her set of actions rather amusing. Which greatly annoyed her.

"Did you just laugh at me?"

"No. I just wonder if you don't have any sense of danger. You just let an almost complete stranger into your room and a man at that – someone who is physically stronger than you. Are you not worried that I might do something terrible to you?"

Emmy stared at Gage who looked like he was really curious why she did what she did. He was indeed right. The normal reaction was for her to shout and call the guards to apprehend the trespasser. But no, her body's first reaction was to pull him inside her room to make sure that the guards of her family wouldn't notice him.

Now that her brain was a bit clearer, that was really stupid of her. But, somehow, even after realizing her mistake, she still didn't think that what he did was wrong. Probably because Gage was not exuding that kind of danger. That type that could easily hurt innocent people. 

"If you plan to hurt me, you would have done it already instead of having this small talk with me right now," she simply said. "Besides, even if you do, I could just activate the alarm in this room and the guards outside and inside the house would immediately come running here. If you want to risk that, then sure, go ahead and hurt me."

Gage seemed surprised by her response. And then he chuckled, looking at her with a soft gaze. "You really are an interesting girl." 

Emmy looked away. She suddenly felt self-conscious with him looking at her like that. She cleared her throat and calmed herself. "How did you get pass all the guards?"

"I found a loophole in the mansion's security and took advantage of that. Then, I went straight here."

Emmy was shocked when she heard that. Any self-consciousness she might have felt quickly disappeared. She could understand a few things from what he said. If he found a security loophole in the mansion that meant that he had been studying the security detail of the place. And if he came straight here, then he was here for her.

Realizing that, she subconsciously stepped back.

Gage probably saw her little action that's why he said, "Don't worry, as you said earlier, I'm not here to hurt you."

Even though he said that, Emmy still put up her guard. "Then why are you here?"

"To warn you. Your fiancé, Cecil Lancaster, he's a very dangerous man. It would be best to back out of your engagement to him."

Emmy's heart suddenly boomed. She had a feeling that Gage probably knew about the secret of Cecil Lancaster. "You could have just told me this without going as far as trespassing at our mansion."

"I couldn't risk being seen with you. In the eyes of everyone, I'm on the side of the Lancasters. If, by some chance, someone from their side saw me talking to you, all the plans that I've made so far would be put to waste. So, I could only go here to meet you secretly," Gage said then his brows slightly furrowed. "Will you back out from your engagement?"

Emmy scoffed. "No, my father won't allow me to."

The furrow on his brows deepened even further. "If you tell him that Cecil Lancaster is a murderer, maybe the Duke would have second thoughts about this marriage."

Sure enough. This man knew about the secret of Cecil Lancaster. – Emmy thought. "That's certainly how a normal father would react. But, sadly, my father had never been a 'normal' father to me." She laughed bitterly. "He already knew that my dear fiancé is not only a murderer but a rapist as well. In fact, he told me about it himself. He even said that he would personally deliver me to him, conscious or not. So, no, he would not have a second thought for this marriage."

Gage appeared dumbfounded when he heard that. He even became quite speechless. Then as if finally registering what she just said, the atmosphere around him suddenly changed. His muscles became tout, his whole body exuding an inexplicable rage. It's as if any second he would attack someone. 

"Why would he do that?"

Emmy looked at the murderous expression on Gage's face. Was her situation the reason for this anger? Somehow, she was a bit happy that she could affect his emotion like this.

"Apparently, I'm the bait." She just shrugged. "He plans to use me to get evidence against Cecil Lancaster and thus, finally putting the other on trial." 

"But you're his daughter. How could he put you in such danger?" Gage said incredulously.

"Beats me."

"Are you fine with that?"

"Do you think I am?" she asked instead.

"No. No one could be fine with that. Unless you're someone with no emotion. Someone who couldn't feel pain, happiness, sadness, or anger. The kind that would just say 'yes' to people of higher authority because they didn't have a mind of their own. And I don't think you're like that at all."

Emmy stared at Gage. Someone she had only met once understood her far better than the person that was supposed to be her family. "You're right, I am not. But despite that, I already accepted my fate. Because no matter how much I object, my father would surely make sure that this wedding between me and Cecil Lancaster will happen. I don't really have the ability to oppose him. No matter whatever plan I hatch, I'm pretty sure my father would have no problems foiling it."

Gage became quite again. "What if you have another choice?"

Emmy raised one of her brows. "What choice?"

Gage then stared straight into her eyes. "You can choose me."


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